How many new faculty will be hired as stipulated by the EBI contract, and what is the process for doing so?
A. The normal UC Berkeley practices for hiring are being followed. According to the Master Agreement, “Berkeley shall have sole power and authority with respect to all Berkeley faculty decisions regarding Berkeley employees participating in the EBI in its sole and absolute discretion.” The UC Berkeley campus will hire seven new full time-equivalent (FTE) faculty members for the EBI. Procedures for these hires are detailed in a memorandum of understanding between the administration and the Faculty Senate Budget Committee that has been approved unanimously by the Senate’s divisional council. These positions are not permanent augmentations of the existing UC Berkeley faculty headcount; rather, they would count against units’ target sizes within the next one to two separations. All of these faculty positions will be filled through the normal review-and-appointment process for the campus. The research areas for these FTE must fit into the long range plans of the departments that propose to
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